Fried Green Tomato Recipe

Name: Fried Green Tomato Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 2 egg whites; 1 cup yellow cornmeal; 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt; 2 ripe green tomatoes; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 cup Herb Lemon Aioli; chives

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Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
4
Calories
560 kcal
Course
Side Dish, Appetizer
Cuisine
American

Fried Green Tomato Recipe

Opal Carpenter

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Fried Green Tomatoes are a Southern tradition. Juicy tomatoes coated with cornmeal and fried to a golden brown serve with Lemon Aioli Dipping Sauce.

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Ingredients

Servings

Fried Green Tomatoes

2 egg whites , beaten
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 ripe green tomatoes , sliced crosswise to 1/4 inch
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup Herb Lemon Aioli , for dipping
chives , for garnish, optional

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200°F or the "keep warm" setting, if you have it.
Place the egg whites in a shallow bowl for dredging. Combine the cornmeal and salt in another shallow bowl for dredging. *
Heat the vegetable oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.
Working in batches to avoid crowding the pan, dredge a tomato slice in egg white and then cornmeal mixture and place directly into the hot oil. Fry on each side for about 2 minutes, or until cornmeal is lightly browned and formed a crispy crust. Tomatoes will should still be firm.
Remove fried tomato slices to a wire rack over a baking sheet lined with papertowels and place them in the oven to stay warm.
Serve hot with lemon herb aioli (or other sauce of choice) for dipping.
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Notes

I've never had any issues with the cornmeal sticking without a flour coating, but some folks have reported that they prefered to do flour-egg-cornmeal.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 560kcal (28%) Carbohydrates 39g (13%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 38g (58%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Cholesterol 18mg (6%) Sodium 840mg (35%) Potassium 161mg (5%) Fiber 3g (12%) Iron 1.3mg (7%)